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Kandidatupplevelse – en aktiv del i employer brand: Kandidatupplevelse som employer branding aktivitet
Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Human Resource Management.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
: Candidate experience as an employer branding activity (English)
Abstract [sv]

Syftet för denna studie är att undersöka hur kandidaters upplevelse kan påverkas av interaktion med rekryterande chefer och rekryteringsprocessens olika delar. Likväl skapa en förståelse för den sammanställda kandidatupplevelsens inverkan på en organisations employer brand. Teoretiskt sett påverkas kandidatupplevelsen av faktorer som; processlängd, ansökningssätt, kommunikation, transparens samt engagemang visat gentemot kandidaten. För studien skapades ”Den kombinerade modellen” (Söderström, 2020), vilken inspirerades av Miles och McCayme (2018) samt Xie et al. (2015) tidigare forskning om ämnet kandidatupplevelse och employer brand. En kvalitativ metodologi användes, med ett hermeneutiskt perspektiv och abduktivt slutledningssätt. Sex intervjuer genomfördes, varav med tre chefsrespondenter och tre kandidatrespondenter, via video- och telefonsamtal. Organisatoriska attribut och Social identitetskongruens visade sig spela en stor roll i detta arbete. Eftersom det i studiens resultat kunde utläsas att kandidatrespondenterna utvärderade och jämförde sina karaktärsdrag med organisationens. Huruvida de kunde se en överensstämmelse eller inte påverkade sedan deras beslut om att ansöka tjänsten och accepterandet av ett potentiellt erbjudande. Som ett resultat av den analyserade empirin reviderades den tidigare modellen och den ”Nya kombinerade modellen” (Söderström, 2020) presenterades. Den nya modellen illustrerar när i rekryteringsprocessen som de tre komponenterna för social identitet initieras, vilket är ett unikt fynd för denna studie då det i tidigare forskning inte var specificerat. Slutsatsen för denna studie är att en interaktion mellan chefer och ansökande visade sig ha en positiv inverkan på deras emotionella anknytning till arbetsgivaren, samtidigt som det hjälpte dem i utvärderandet av ett potentiellt medlemskap. Detta bidrog separat till den totala kandidatupplevelsen, jämte de attityder som skapats mot arbetsgivaren. Denna upplevelse visades sedan att spridas vidare genom privata nätverk och beroende på om den var positiv eller negativ påverkar en organisations employer brand och framtida rekryteringar. Detta då resultaten påvisade att organisationsrykte påverkade deras val av arbetsgivare att interagera med samt att de delade sin upplevelse med sin närhet.

Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study is to investigate how candidates’ experiences can be affected by the interaction with recruiting managers and the different parts of the recruitment process. Also, to create an understanding of the concluded candidate experience influence the organization’s employer brand. Theoretically candidate experience is influenced by factors such as process length, application means, communication, as well as transparency and commitment shown towards the candidates. For this study ”The combined model” (Söderström, 2020) was created, inspired by the work of Miles and McCayme (2018) and Xie, Meland and Bagozzi (2015) regarding the phenomenon that is candidate experience and employer brand. A qualitative methodology was used with a hermeneutic perspective and abductive approach. Six interviews occurred whereof three manager respondents and three candidate respondents, via video- and phone calls. Organizational attributes and social identity congruence played a big role in the study, as it was shown by its result that the candidate respondents evaluated and compared an organization’s characteristics to their own. Whether they could relate to the employer or not influenced the decision to apply for the job and accepting a potential offer. As a result of analysed material, the earlier model was readjusted and the “New combined model” (Söderström, 2020) was presented. The new model illustrates where the components of social identity first are initiated during the recruitment process, which is a unique finding for this study because earlier research does not specify the matter. The conclusion of this study is that the interaction between managers and candidates was shown to have a positive influence on their emotional connection to the employer, as it simultaneously aids them in the evaluation of a potential membership of the group. This contributes separately to the total candidate experience accompanied by the attitudes towards the employer. Their experience was later shown to disperse via private networks and depending on whether it was a positive or negative experience affect the organization’s employer brand and future recruitments. Thus, because the results proved that company reputation influenced their choices of employers to interact with and that they shared their experience with their environment.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020.
Keywords [en]
Candidate experience, Employer brand, Social identity, Recruitment, Communication
Keywords [sv]
Kandidatupplevelse, Employer brand, Social identitet, Rekrytering, Kommunikation
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Work Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-34429OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-34429DiVA, id: diva2:1451091
Available from: 2020-07-02 Created: 2020-07-02 Last updated: 2025-10-09

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